Below the Line

Below the Line

1. In accounting, an extraordinary income or expense a company does not incur in its day-to-day operations. Because they are not repeated, below the line items are not considered to increase or decrease the company's profit. See also: Above the line.

2. Advertising in which a company pays a commission based on the success of the campaign. Below the line advertising is most common in direct mail and similar campaigns that rely on a customer's reaction to the advertisement, rather than his/her previous research on the product.

The new agreement will provide for a free use of the first two episodes in the two-month period after initial exhibition and for a one-year deferral of below the line wage increases in new one hour series.

This is the challenge being set by the Live Below the Line campaign, launched this week, which is raising awareness that more than a billion people around the world have no choice but to live on less than this.

The key gauge of the current state of Japan's economy topped the boom-or-bust threshold in August for the fifth straight month, but the index for upcoming trends remained below the line, the government said Friday, possibly raising concerns about a slowdown.

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